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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How old is Mrs. Widdup?
(a) 49.
(b) 30.
(c) 35.
(d) 40.
2. What physical gesture of affection does Mr. Coulson make toward Mrs. Widdup?
(a) He holds her hand.
(b) He touches her arm.
(c) He kisses her.
(d) He strokes her hair.
3. Which bird is Mr. Coulson said to be "elder brother" to in May?
(a) Robin.
(b) Chickadee.
(c) Pigeon.
(d) Turtle-dove.
4. What is the "twist" at the end of this story?
(a) Mrs. Widdup's husband is still alive.
(b) Mr. Coulson never had any romantic intentions toward Mrs. Widdup at all.
(c) Miss Coulson runs away with the iceman.
(d) Mrs. Widdup turns out to be wealthy, herself.
5. Where does Miss Coulson meet the iceman on the next morning?
(a) In the basement.
(b) In the vacant lot next door.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) In the park across from the house.
Short Answer Questions
1. What are the "portières" that Miss Coulson is sitting near?
2. What illness does Mr. Coulson suffer from?
3. What is implied by the number of days for which Miss Coulson orders extra ice?
4. When the author compares May to Circe and explains the comparison at length, what literary technique is he using?
5. Why is Mr. Coulson so clumsy on the afternoon after the ice is delivered?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does O. Henry characterize the month of May?
2. Explain the significance of the diction "foxy" to describe Mrs. Widdup (333).
3. When Mr. Coulson complains that no one in the house cares if he lives or dies, how does Mrs. Widdup's reply set the events of the story in motion?
4. What rhetorical purposes does O. Henry accomplish with his introduction of Mr. Coulson through a list of things that he "has," like gout, money, and a daughter?
5. How do words like "yaller" and "lawsy" in Mrs. Widdup's dialogue characterize her?
6. What happens when Mrs. Widdup makes an excuse to go into Mr. Coulson's room to speak with him after the ice is delivered?
7. When rhetorical purposes are served by the passage where the narrator says that the scent of flowers was carried in through the window and "fought" with the scent of Mr. Coulson's gout medicine?
8. Explain the titular allusion and the allusion to "the poet" in the first sentence of the story.
9. When Mr. Coulson finally confesses his feelings to Mrs. Widdup, what drawback to himself does he acknowledge, and what advantage does he say balances this drawback out?
10. What is the significance of the sound of the overturned chair after Mr. Coulson confesses his feelings to Mrs. Widdup?
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